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big-spell

  • noun [ neuter ]
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big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]
A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story; parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio
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  • Gehýre ge ðæs sáwendan bigspell

    vos audite parabolam seminantis,

      Mt. Bos. 13, 18.
  • Ic ahylde on bigspelle eáre mín

    inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam,

      Ps. Spl. 48, 4.
  • Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum

    hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis,

      Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.
  • Bigspellu,

    acc. pl.

      Lchdm. iii. 214, 15.
  • He him rehte bíspell bí ðære sunnan

    he related to him a parable of the sun,

      Bt. titl. vi; Fox x. 12.
  • Ðeáh we sculon manega and mistlíce bísna and bíspell reccan

    though we should relate many and various examples and fables,

      Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 13, 19.
  • Gehýr sum bíspell

    hear an example,

      37, 3; Fox 190, 21: 39, 6; Fox 220, 21.
  • Þurh bigspell and bigcwidas

    in proverbium et fabulam,

      Deut. 28, 37.
  • We sculon ðé sum bíspell reccan

    we will relate a story to thee,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 23, 17; Met. 23, 9.
Etymology
[Kil. bijspel: Ger. beispiel, n: M. H. Ger. bíspel, n.]
Derived forms
DER. bigspell-bóc.
Linked entries
v.  an-lícnes bí-spell.
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